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A, WISEMAII.

REPAIRERS LAST.

Patented Mar. 13, 1888.

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A'IENT ALBINE \VISEMAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

REPAI RERS LAST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379,434, dated March13. 1888.

Application filed January 13, 1888. Serial No. 260,650.

To rtZZ whom it mag} concern:

Be it known that I, ALBINE WIsEMAN, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a new and use- -fulImprovement in Repairers Lasts, which improvement is fully set forth inthe following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The object of my inventionis to produce an improved iron multiple lastfor boot and shoe repairers use, the invention being hereinafter fullydescribed, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

This device may be made with three or four lasts, as may be desired.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 shows an elevation of the devicewhen formed with four full-length lasts; and Fig. 2, a view of the same,seen as indicated by arrow :0 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation of thedevice when formed with three lasts; Fig. 4, a view of the device shownin Figs. 1 and 2, the view being taken as indicated by arrow y, and Fig.5, a cross-section taken on the dotted line z in Fig. 4, and viewed asindicated by the arrow pointed on the dotted line.

Referring to the parts shown in the drawings, A B O D represent lasts atthe ends of the respective arms a b c d. The arms ab are parallel and inthe same plane, and the arms 0 d are also parallel and in the sameplane, said planes forming a right angle. The arms a and c are also in aplane, and the arms I) and (Z are in another plane, which two latterplanes being parallel, said pairs of arms a c and b 01 being joinedrigidly by a bar or tie, e, the whole device being formed in a singlecasting.

The device when formed with four lasts pre: sents the soles of two ofthem upward to be used by the workman, the various lasts of the devicebeing formed of different sizes. In the form shown in Fig. 3, instead ofthe arms?) and d, I form a last, E, at the end of the bar c. This formof device when used is intended to be turned in three differentdirections,or upon one of three different sides corresponding to threeadjacent faces of a cube. In either position the sole of one last ispresented upward for use. In these forms of the device the toes (Nomodel.)

of the various lasts are turned toward each other.

These devices are intended to be placed upon a table or work-bench whenused; and as a means to have them rest fairly upon the table, so as tobe stable under the blows of the workmans hammer, I form them with facesf g h 1', corresponding to different faces of cubes, said faces beingopposite the respective lasts A B O D and at right angles to the axes ofthe respective arms a b c d. The faces f h of the form shown in Fig. 3correspond to the thre adjacent faces of a cube.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, the heels of the various lasts are in thesame planes with certain ones of the faces f g h t, which act assupports for steadying the device in its different positions,depressions Z n at being purposely formed so that the device shall touchthe table only at the surfaces fg h i and said heels of the last-s.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the heels of the lasts 0 and E and the facef touch the surface of the table while in one position, and if thedevice were turned in a direction over from the observer the heel of thelast A, the face h, and the side of the last E (atp) wouldsimultaneously bear upon the table and hold the device stable. If thedevice were turned to the left, the face It and the edges 1' s of thelasts A 0 would bear upon the table.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A multiple last device consisting ofa pair of arms, a c, in a plane, and a similar pair of arms, b d, inanother parallel plane. said pairs of arms being joined by a rigid tie,e, and each of said arms terminating in afulllength last, substantiallyas shown.

2. A multiple last device consisting of a pair of arms, a c, in a plane,and a similar pair of arms, b d, in another parallel plane, said pairsof arms being joined by a rigid tie, e, and each of said armsterminating in a last, the arms a and b of said pairs occupying a planeand the arms 0 and d of said pairs occupying another plane at rightangles to the plane of said arms a and b, substantially as shown anddescribed.

3. Ashoe-makers repairing-last consisting of three radial arms at rightangles with each of two of said lasts being in the plane of other eachterminating in a full-length last, another of said faces, substantiallyas shown the part from which said arms radiate being and. described.

formed with three faces corresponding to the ALBINE WVISEMAN. 5 threeadjacent faces of a cube, the edges of Witnesses:

the soles of two of said lasts being in theplane E. B. XVHITMORE,

of one of said faces and the ends of the heels M. L. MODERMOTT.

